# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/201 "2020-08-12T13:40:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Matilda; 2 was Mara Wilson; 3 was Marie Curie. DQ: first name begins with M? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/202 "2020-08-12T13:41:28Z")
see above for answers to DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/203 "2020-08-12T13:43:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry William of Orange? > IQ2: Was your second husband murdered, allegedly by your third husband? > IQ3: Did you disappear in New Guinea in the early '60s? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Mary (of William & Mary) > Take 2 DQs. ✅ (Mary II of England) Mary, Queen of Scots Michael Rockefeller DQ: First name starts with M? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/204 "2020-08-12T13:47:39Z")
~~DQ: First name starts with M?~~ DQ: Known for the literary arts? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/205 "2020-08-12T13:56:36Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Thing Explainer_? IQ2: Were you the Penman of the Constitution? IQ3: Were you #2’s half-brother, who signed the Declaration of Independence? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/206 "2020-08-12T13:58:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Thing Explainer_ ? > IQ2: Were you the Penman of the Constitution? > IQ3: Were you #2’s half-brother, who signed the Declaration of Independence? #2. I am not James Madison. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/207 "2020-08-12T14:00:20Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:198, topic:916645, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with M 7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/208 "2020-08-12T14:02:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Thing Explainer_? > IQ2: Were you the Penman of the Constitution? > IQ3: Were you #2’s half-brother, who signed the Declaration of Independence? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not James Madison. > Take 2 DQs. Randall Munroe. Gouverneur Morris. ( **[penman of the constitution - Google Search](https://tinyurl.com/yy6vv4x7)**) Lewis Morris. DQ1: Scriptwriter? DQ2: Actor? Three DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/209 "2020-08-12T14:16:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you recently interview your husband for the first episode of your podcast? 2. Are you a 5th-dimensional imp who shows up to bug Superman every so often? 3. Are you the Golden Age Earth-2 equivalent of the above person? DQ: born after 1970? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/210 "2020-08-12T14:28:12Z")
IQ1: Were you a secondary character in the latest four Elemental Masters books? IQ2: Did you also appear in those four books? IQ3: Did you write those four books? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/211 "2020-08-12T14:59:56Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:207, topic:916645”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with M 7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts 8. Scriptwriter/playwright 9. Actor 10. Born after 1970 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/212 "2020-08-12T15:01:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you recently interview your husband for the first episode of your podcast? > 2. Are you a 5th-dimensional imp who shows up to bug Superman every so often? > 3. Are you the Golden Age Earth-2 equivalent of the above person? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk. #3 I am not Mr. Myxyztplk. Ha. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secondary character in the latest four Elemental Masters books? > IQ2: Did you also appear in those four books? > IQ3: Did you write those four books? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/213 "2020-08-12T15:06:44Z")
IQs: Did Ralph Fiennes play you in a recent Royal National Theatre production? Did you command The Citadel after WW2? Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and later a US senator? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/214 "2020-08-12T15:11:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secondary character in the latest four Elemental Masters books? > IQ2: Did you also appear in those four books? > IQ3: Did you write those four books? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Mary (Mrs John) Watson. Mycroft Holmes. Mercedes Lackey. DQ1: Born after 1990? DQ2: Best known as a film actor? Three DQs reserved. BTW, if you like urban fantasy and Sherlock Holmes, I strongly recommend Elemental Masters books 4 and 11-14. #4 is a prequel to the others, set roughly 10-12 years earlier, and introduces the main characters of the other four, which are set during the time Holmes was in hiding after killing Moriarty. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/215 "2020-08-12T15:34:30Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:211, topic:916645”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with M 7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts 8. Scriptwriter/playwright 9. Actor 10. Born after 1970 11. Born before 1990 12. Not best known as a film actor, though he has appeared in some ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/216 "2020-08-12T15:34:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Ralph Fiennes play you in a recent Royal National Theatre production? > Did you command The Citadel after WW2? > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and later a US senator? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/217 "2020-08-12T15:39:50Z")
Previous IQs: Did Ralph Fiennes play you in a recent Royal National Theatre production? - Mark Anthony, in Shakespeare’s _Anthony and Cleopatra_ Did you command The Citadel after WW2? - Gen. Mark Clark Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and later a US senator? - Mark Hanna Mark x3! DQs: Has won a Pulitzer? Greatest fame before 2000? Associated with NYC? IQs: Did you write _Glengarry Glenross_? Were you associated with the American theatre and one of your names was one letter off from that of a Democratic presidential candidate? Did you play a captain, a vampire’s familiar and an angel? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/218 "2020-08-12T15:46:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with M 7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts 8. Scriptwriter/playwright 9. Actor 10. Born after 1970 11. Born before 1990 12. Not best known as a film actor, though he has appeared in some 13. Has won a Pulitzer 14. Greatest fame since 2000 15. Associated with NYC ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/219 "2020-08-12T15:48:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _Glengarry Glenross_ ? > Were you associated with the American theatre and one of your names was one letter off from that of a Democratic presidential candidate? > Did you play a captain, a vampire’s familiar and an angel? 1. I am not David Mamet. 2. I don’t think so. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/220 "2020-08-12T15:53:30Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write _Glengarry Glenross_? - Yes, David Mamet Were you associated with the American theatre and one of your names was one letter off from that of a Democratic presidential candidate? - I thought Moss Hart had an extra “t” on his name, so I withdraw this Did you play a captain, a vampire’s familiar and an angel? - James Mason, in _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 'Salem’s Lot_ and _Heaven Can Wait_ Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you base your smash musical on a bio by American historian Ron Chernow? Were you a gangster from Maine who dabbled in the occult? Did you long play Insp. Adam Dalglish? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=12)